athenian gov. - direct democracy, no representatives, had to be male citizen 18 or older to vote. meetings were first 6000 people to show up because of lack of space. some people disputed on definition of a citizen, but were overruled by the rich and members of gov.
socrates and aristotle did not like democracy, tried to find flaws in it.
gov branches-
assembly, regular meeting of voters to vote on things
council, full time gov mainly to prepare for agenda for assembly
legislaion, laws wer discussed and any citizen could request laws
areopagus, was there long before democracy and changed many times. it was a court
peoples court, juries of people would listen to cases and vote on the guilt or innocence of their fellow citizens.
key players
pericles, leader of athenian democracy, offered benifets to common people, belived sparta was a major threat, good orator, supported by common people.
cleisthenes, came before pericles, established council of 500
themistocles, before pericles, built up naval fleet, defeated persians
members of gov chosen by council, most decisions made were of sound judgement.
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